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THE TIGER





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Tiger Temporal range: Early Pleistocene – Recent
A Bengal tiger (P. tigris tigris) in India's Jim Corbett National Park
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger#cite_note-IUCN-1|]]]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae
Genus:	Panthera
Species:	P. tigris
Binomial name
Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies
P. t. tigris P. t. corbetti P. t. jacksoni P. t. sumatrae P. t. altaica P. t. amoyensis †P. t. virgata †P. t. balica †P. t. sondaica
Tiger's historic range in about 1850 (pale yellow) and in 2006 (in green).[2[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger#cite_note-dinerstein07-2|]]]
Synonyms
Felis tigrisLinnaeus, 1758[3[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger#cite_note-Linn1758-3|]]] Tigris striatusSevertzov, 1858 Tigris regalisGray, 1867

The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to 3.3 m (11 ft) and weighing up to 306 kg (670 lb). Its most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside. It has exceptionally stout teeth, and the canines are the longest among living felids with a crown height of as much as 74.5 mm (2.93 in) or even 90 mm (3.5 in).[4[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger#cite_note-Mazak1981-4|]]] In zoos, tigers have lived for 20 to 26 years, which also seems to be their longevity in the wild.[5[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger#cite_note-der-tiger-5|]]] They are territorial and generally solitary but social animals, often requiring large contiguous areas of habitat that support their prey requirements. This, coupled with the fact that they are indigenous to some of the more densely populated places on Earth, has caused significant conflicts with humans